Associates Discount Corp. v. Parlier

I do not consider that a demand by the plaintiff for the “stuff” and the “clothes and things” in his automobile constituted a demand for a diamond ring left in the glove compartment of the car, since a diamond ring is not ordinarily referred to as “stuff” or “things,” is not an article one would expect to find in such a location, and the demand as made would not put the defendant on notice that it had possession of the article or was charged with such possession. The issue is therefore whether under these circumstances the plaintiff needed to make a demand as a condition precedent to bringing…